tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 WNCN in Raleigh-Durham has debuted the graphics on their newscast that they've been using on their facebook page and on their website since February. This package is a radical departure from the current graphics Media General has been using on their other stations...aside from the font that is in the newer versions in their graphics. My only critique is what appears to be the use of Arial on their news lower thirds and fullscreens...it doesn't match the rest of the package. If anyone has any screengrabs or happens to pick up on this, post em! I can only see this through their live stream, in glorious 4x3 stretch-o-vision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 WNCN in Raleigh-Durham has debuted the graphics on their newscast that they've been using on their facebook page and on their website since February. This package is a radical departure from the current graphics Media General has been using on their other stations...aside from the font that is in the newer versions in their graphics. My only critique is what appears to be the use of Arial on their news lower thirds and fullscreens...it doesn't match the rest of the package. If anyone has any screengrabs or happens to pick up on this, post em! I can only see this through their live stream, in glorious 4x3 stretch-o-vision! Are they still using the JDK music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammy9 26 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Are they still using the JDK music? Does not sound like it. I think it's Metropolis. But that's the very little I could hear in this video... http://www.wncn.com/story/22057628/child-killed-by-logging-truck-in-sampson-co?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8803725 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 It's the new music package that's been rolled out at WJTV, WCMH, and WNCT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Watching the live stream right now. I like the new graphics. It's clean and a step up from their previous ones, though they could've done better with the typeface on the lower thirds (the typeface on the weather graphics looks better). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Awww, DIZAMN. Really does look nice, except for the lowers, which can easily be fixed (Gotham possibly wasn't loaded in, I suspect). Very stunned to see this level of work coming out of Media General, as their graphics have been fairly basic until now. Selling those papers must be paying off for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 TVNewsCheck wrote an article about the rebranding of "NBC17" to "WNCN" http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/67114/wncn-emphasizes-local-in-new-branding Stephen Arnold is a part of this rebranding....could they be slowly re-introducing music to their stations? Prior to the implementation of the JDK package, they had music at most of their stations until the SESAC fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 This caught my attention while browsing Media General's YouTube channel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 It looks better than anything Media General has produced. It's a cut above their turret graphics and way beyond the graphics at WCMH (those are After Effects crap. And the fonts are terrible)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediamaven 0 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 All MG stations are getting the package similar to WCMH. There are 3 versions: Red (seen on WCMH, WSAV and WAGT), Red and Blue (seen on WJHL and WJTV) and Blue (seen on WJAR, WNCT, WCBD). WNCN is a custom package. All stations are also dumping the JDK music for the new Stephen Arnold cut. Also have heard that a few stations will roll out the package after the current sweeps period ends at the end of the month (so around early to mid June). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Had a chance to see WBTW with the new look today and yesterday. They've had the new graphics for months, but it looks REALLY well-executed, especially paired with the new music. Complete with talent intros too. Not sure if it looks that good on the other smaller MG stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Awww, DIZAMN. Really does look nice, except for the lowers, which can easily be fixed (Gotham possibly wasn't loaded in, I suspect). Very stunned to see this level of work coming out of Media General, as their graphics have been fairly basic until now. Selling those papers must be paying off for them... Watching their live stream now, the lower thirds now have the same Gotham-esque font Media General has been rolling out to their stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 All MG stations are getting the package similar to WCMH. There are 3 versions: Red (seen on WCMH, WSAV and WAGT), Red and Blue (seen on WJHL and WJTV) and Blue (seen on WJAR, WNCT, WCBD). WNCN is a custom package. All stations are also dumping the JDK music for the new Stephen Arnold cut. Also have heard that a few stations will roll out the package after the current sweeps period ends at the end of the month (so around early to mid June). This leaves WJBF, WKRG, WVTM and WRBL (still in SD) with the old look and music. Hopefully that will change soon. WJBF is a sticking point since sister station WAGT has the red look (although they could install the blue look to complement it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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